RBI Grade B Officer 2019 Notification Out - 199 Posts

RBI has announced Recruitment of Grade B Officers for 2019. Total posts announced are 199. This is 33 posts more than the number of posts announced in 2018.

  1. Officers in Grade ‘B’(DR)- General - 156 posts
  2. Officers in Grade ‘B’(DR)- DEPR - 20 posts
  3. Officers in Grade ‘B’(DR)- DSIM - 23 posts
  1. Important dates:

    Online Registration and payment of fee: September 21-October 11, 2019

    1 Officers in Gr B (DR) - General Phase-I – Online Examination November 9, 2019
    Phase-II – Paper I, II & III Online Examination December 1, 2019
    2 Officers in Gr B (DR) – DEPR Phase I - Paper - I - Online Examination November 9, 2019
    Phase II - Paper - II & IIIOnline/Written Examination December 2, 2019 (To be confirmed in Admit cards)
    3 Officers in Gr B (DR) - DSIM Phase I - Paper - I - Online Examination November 9, 2019
    Phase II - Paper - II & IIIOnline/Written Examination December 2, 2019 (To be confirmed in Admit cards)
    • Candidate will have to appear in only one shift of Phase-I examination.
    • Candidate will have to appear in all the shifts of Phase ll / Paper II & Ill examination.
  2. Eligibility Criteria :

    a. Age (As on 1st of September 2019): Between 21 and 30 years

    b. Educational Qualification :

    Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - (General) : A minimum of 60% marks (50% in case of SC/ST/PWD) or an equivalent grade in Bachelor’s degree as well as in 12th and 10th standard examinations

    Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - DEPR :

    A Master's Degree in Economics / Econometrics / Quantitative Economics / Mathematical Economics / Integrated Economics Course/ Finance, with a minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters /years from a recognised Indian or Foreign University /Institute; OR

    PGDM/ MBA Finance with a minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters /years from a recognised Indian or Foreign University /Institute; OR

    Master’s Degree in Economics in any of the sub-categories of economics i.e. agricultural/ business/ developmental/ applied, etc., with a minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters /years from a recognised Indian or Foreign University /Institute.

    Officers in Grade 'B' (DR) - DSIM :

    A Master's Degree in Statistics/ Mathematical Statistics/ Mathematical Economics/ Econometrics/ Statistics & Informatics from IIT-Kharagpur/ Applied Statistics & Informatics from IIT-Bombay with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters / years; OR

    Master's Degree in Mathematics with a minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters / years and one year post graduate diploma in Statistics or related subjects from an Institute of repute; OR

    M. Stat. Degree of Indian Statistical Institute with a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate of all semesters / years; OR

    Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (PGDBA) jointly offered by ISI Kolkata, IIT Kharagpur and IIM Calcutta with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters/years.

  3. Number of attempts: Candidates belonging to unreserved i.e. General Category, who had already appeared Six times for Phase-I Examination for this post in the past, are not eligible to apply. No such restriction applies to candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PWD, if the posts are reserved for them.

Scheme of Selection:

(A) For Officers in Gr B (DR) - General :

Selection will be through ONLINE examinations and interview. Examinations will be held in two phases

(A) Phase-I ON-LINE Examination (Objective Type):

  • Duration - 120 Minutes
  • Max Marks - 200

The objective paper comprises of i) General Awareness ii) English Language iii) Quantitative Aptitude and iv) Reasoning. 


Cut off marks : Candidates have to secure minimum marks separately for each test as well as aggregate.Candidates, who secure minimum marks separately for each Test will be shortlisted for Phase-II of the Examination based on the aggregate marks obtained in the Objective Test.

(II) Phase-II ON-LINE Examination - Paper II is Descriptive and Paper I and III are Objective] :

Paper pattern : Three Papers - 300 marks

  • Paper-I – Economic and Social Issues - 1½ hours - 100 marks
  • Paper-II – English ( writing skills) – 1½ hours – 100 marks (Descriptive, to be typed with the help of the keyboard)
  • Paper-III - Finance & Management – 1½ hours - 100 marks

Final Selection will be through merit list which will be prepared by adding marks secured by candidates in Phase-II examination and interview.

(B) For Officers in Gr B (DR) – DEPR:

Selection will be through Online/ Written Examination (WE) and interview. There are 3 papers for the Examination. Paper I Objective Type (on Economics) to be held on November 9, 2019 and Paper II & III will be held separately on December 2, 2019

Name of the PaperDurationMaximum Marks
Paper - I Objective type (on Statistics)120 Minutes100
Paper - II Descriptive type (on Statistics)
(Questions displayed on computer and answers to be written on paper)
180 Minutes100
Paper - III English Descriptive
(To be typed with help of keyboard)
90 Minutes100
Total300

Final selection will be on the basis of performance in the 'WE' (Paper I, II and III) and interview taken together.

(C) For Officers in Gr B (DR) – DSIM :

Selection will be through Online/ Written Examination (WE) and interview. There are 3 papers for the Examination. Paper I ObjectiveType (onStatistics) to be held on November 9, 2019 and Paper II & III will be held separately on December 2, 2019

Final selection will be on the basis of performance in the 'WE' (Paper I, II and III) and interview taken together.

  1. Application fee : Rs 850 for Gen/OBC and Rs 100 for others.

  2. HOW TO APPLY ON-LINE:

    Candidates have to apply only online through the Bank's website i.e. www.rbi.org.in from September 21-October 11, 2019. No other means/mode of applications will be accepted.